Roundup: Blue Devils Top King And Queen

Roundup

January 27, 1996|By From staff reports

BOYS BASKETBALL

Tracy Pope paced three double-figure scorers with 21 points as visiting Mathews (4-10, 2-1) took advantage of poor foul shooting from host King and Queen Central (3-10, 1-3) to win the Tidewater District game 56-51 Friday.

Kevin Kelly had 17 points and Harry Robinson scored 10 and had 15 rebounds for King and Queen, but the Royal Tigers' 5-of-15 foul shooting helped seal their fate.

Hampton 87,

Gloucester 27

Hampton jumped out to a 20-3 first-quarter lead and never looked back.

Ronald Curry had 17 points and 11 assists to lead the Crabbers (12-3).

Gloucester played without leading scorer Jon Bolden, who averages 18.2 points per game. He led the Dukes with 20 points when the two teams met last.

Phoebus 69, Ferguson 48

Phoebus used a 22-point first quarter and a 26-point fourth to knock off the visiting Mariners.

Both teams showed signs of the exam layoff as the offenses sputtered in stretches and showed good signs in others.

``Both teams were a little flat due to exams. Ferguson played very well in spurts, and we had a decent defensive effort tonight,'' Phoebus coach Mike Tallon said.

Antwan Edwards scored 18 points to lead the Phantoms.

Denbigh 75, Warwick 65

Carlos Heard scored a season-high 33 points for the Patriots, who rallied from an early deficit at home.

Heard scored 11 of his points in the second quarter as Denbigh used a 22-13 advantage in the period to take a 36-31 halftime lead.

Denbigh pushed its lead to 18 early in the fourth quarter but saw Warwick start a 3-point barrage. The Raiders hit three treys in the final quarter to finish with six for the night.

Frank Morris, who came off the bench, scored 20 points to lead Warwick.

Adam Roach hit three 3-pointers and scored a game-high 20 points as visiting Tidewater Academy scored the final six points in the battle for first place in the Virginia Commonwealth Conference Eastern Division.

Tidewater (11-5, 7-1) got a 54-53 lead with 1:20 remaining and hit a free throw, stuck back a missed shot and had a breakaway layup to seal the victory and remain in first place.